Hat



R. WEIL HAT Jan. 8, 1929.

Filed Sept. 19, 1927 ...ZN \/EN TOR Pa4o 1442/Z y A \J /QTTORNE% Patentaeil Jan. 8, 1929.

RALPH \VEIL OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T0 WEIL GLOTHII TG COMPANY, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CGREORA'IION OF MISSOU'RI.

HAT.

Application filed September 19, 1927. Serial N0. 220,583.

Thisinvantion relates generally to hezul- Wem ancl, m0re partloularly, t0 a certuin new ancl useful improvement in lmaclwear 0f tl1e type commonly known as soft lmts.

My invention lms f01 its object tl1e provi sion, 215 a new articla ofn1anufacture, 0E a soft hat that may inte rchangeablybe 00hveniently employecl as a head-covering 01. parcel 01' package-container.

Ancl witl1 the above und ot-her 0bjecls in view, my invention resides in tl1e novel fea tures of I"orm, construction, arrangement, ancl combination 0f arts hereinafter described zmcl pointecl out in the elaim.

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Figure l is an elevational view 0'5 a hat emboclying my invent-ion, showing il1e hat f0r use as a heacl covering;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the hat, showing the hat-invertecl f01 use as a. parcel-container;

Figure 3 is atransverse sectio-nal view 0f Ehe hat in its closed, parcel-carrying sondition; ancl Figure 4: is an enlargecl fragmental sect-ional view 0f the hat, showing porti0ns 0f t-l1e brim in juxt aposkad relation 1*eady ior engagement, as in p-arcel-carrying.

Referring 110W more in cletail and by refc1ence characters t0 the clmwinq, which illustates a preferred embocliment 0f n1y invention, tl1e hat as a whole is preferably 0011- structecl 01 suitable flexible fabrlc, such, 'f0;

instance, as rubberizecl cl0th 01. the lik-e,

adapting the hat especially i01 use in rzvlny 01' stormy weather 01' as a proteciion f01 ll1e containecl parcel, paclmge, 01' the like, an l comprises a, soft (as distinguishecl fro1n still) crown A composecl of a plurality of segn1ents l, l, suitably stitohecl togehe1, ancl a soft b1im B extencling around, ancl, as at 2, stitched along its inner nmrgin t0 the margin 0f the crown A. Tl1e hat, ab tl1e juncture 01 the crown A ancl b1im B, is also preferably proviclecl Wih zu sweat-bancl C, anal a so i0rmecl anal construciecl the hat, as shown in Figure l, is very conveniently usable anal serviceable as an efiicient head-cnvcring, lt

bing understoocl, 0f' course, that tl1e hat may 100 constructecl W1h head-opemngs 0l vary-- ing dianieterlo corresponclingly fit heacls 015 different sizes.

Eixecl in c0-0pemtive relation (m ancl Preferably acljacent t-he outer margin o f brim'B, are members 3', 4, ol:' suitalole separable snap-button couplets, which m6mbers 3, 4, are adaptecl, 0n margin]al portions 0f tl1e brim B being flexibly brought in approxima tely flacwise opposecl relation, lor engagement, as shown in Figures 3 und 4. As so engagecl, tl1e hat becomes, as shown in Figure 3, a substantially closed container und covering for a parcel 01 the like- D,

which, 011 separation 01 disengagement- 01 the couplet-members 3, 4:, may be reaclily removecl and the hat is again usable as a head covering.

Thus the hat, which mziy 106 inexpensively construoced, may be reaclily converted and is equally serviceable aus an efficieni; heacl covering or.a1parcelcovering ancl ontainer.

I am aware filmt changes in Ehe f'01111, con' struction,.arrangement, and combination 0f the several pafts 01':' my new hat may b'emacl am]. substitutecl 1"?0r those herein shown an l clescribecl Without cleparting from the natura and principle of my invention.

Having thus describecl my -invention, Whala I claim und desire t0 secure by Letters Patent is,

As an article ol. manufacture, a soft hat c0nstructecl 01 rubberized fabric anal C0111- prising a flexible crown, a flexible brim extencling arouncl anal stitchcl along its inner margin 120 tne inargin 0=f the crown, tl1e cr0wn 2u1d b1i1n being boclily flexible t0 dis pose marginal portions 0f the brim in ap- V RALPH WEIL.

proximately flatwise opposed relaiion aml 

